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Appendices

Appendix 1: Levels of Fellowship - The UKPSF Descriptors

Descriptor 1 (Associate Fellow of the HEA)

Description Typical Role Example Activities

Demonstrates an Teaching and/or learning support • Teaching and /or mentoring
understanding of specific and /or mentoring responsibilities. responsibilities as a team
aspects of effective teaching, These activities may be undertaken member within an established
learning support methods and with the assistance of more programme
student learning. Individuals experienced teachers or mentors.
should be able to provide a) Early career researchers • Assessment and related
evidence of: activities, including providing
with some teaching feedback
I. Successful engagement responsibilities (e.g. PhD
with at least two of the five students, GTAs, contract • Providing constructive
Areas of Activity / post-doctoral feedback (formative and
researchers etc.) summative) to students in
II. Successful engagement in b) Staff new to teaching teaching / facilitation roles
appropriate teaching and (including those with part-
practices related to these time academic • Contributing to skills
Areas of Activity responsibilities) development of
c) Staff who support academic learners/students, e.g.
III. Appropriate Core provision (e.g. learning introducing the use of
Knowledge and technologists, learning techniques and/or equipment
understanding of at least K1 developers and learning
and K2 resource/library staff) • Contributing to the
d) Staff who undertake development of learners’
IV. A commitment to demonstrator/ technician roles professional practice e.g. in
appropriate Professional that incorporate some relation to professional codes
Values in facilitating teaching-related of conduct
others’ learning responsibilities
e) Experienced staff in relevant • Developing learning and
V. Relevant professional professional areas who may teaching materials, resources,
practices, subject and be new to teaching and/or methods and approaches
pedagogic research and/or supporting learning, or who
scholarship within the have a limited teaching • Using a range of technologies
above activities portfolio to support the learning of
others and one’s own
VI. Successful engagement, professional development in
where appropriate, in relation to teaching
professional development
activity related to teaching, • Evaluation of sessions or
learning and assessment activities
responsibilities

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